Press Ambim Campaign announced that in the past two months, the Corona virus has killed scores of journalists around the world, noting that media crews lack the necessary protection supplies to cover the developments of the epidemic.
The French Press Agency quoted the organization as saying in a statement that since the first of March, it recorded 55 deaths of media personnel in 23 countries as a result of the virus, stressing at the same time that it is not clear whether everyone became ill during work.
“Journalists face a great risk in this health crisis because they have to continue to provide information by going to hospitals and interviewing doctors, nurses, political officials, specialists, scientists, and patients.”
The organization has warned that many journalists are putting themselves at risk to prepare reports on the global crisis, and many have contracted “Covid 19” while performing their work.
The statement pointed out that in a number of countries, “necessary protection measures” were not imposed such as social separation, quarantine and wearing of masks, especially in the early stages of the outbreak. Ecuador was the country most affected by the number of journalists who died of the virus with at least nine deaths, followed by the United States with eight deaths Brazil has four deaths, Britain and Spain with three deaths each.
Source : Sana
